Shell Foundation — Full Portfolio

InspiraFarms Cooling provides cold chain infrastructure and cooling technology solutions to African agribusinesses, farmers, and exporters to reduce food losses and improve access to higher-value markets.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechCleantechClimate TechFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsKawiSafi VenturesPymwymicE3 Capital

Shell Foundation is a charitable organization supporting clean energy solutions that increase incomes for smallholder farmers, transporters, and micro-entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia.

CleantechEnergyImpact & Social Good

AFEX facilitates capital flows for commodity traders, processors, and manufacturers through financial instruments including repos, asset-backed commercial paper, and trade finance notes.

AgTechB2B MarketplacesFintech

Co-investorsConsonance Investment Managers

Ampersand builds electric motorcycles, battery packs, swap stations, and AmperOps fleet management software for motorcycle taxi (boda) drivers in Africa, operating a battery-swapping network for commercial e-motos.

CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBeyond Capital VenturesEcosystem Integrity FundFactor[e] VenturesAlphaMundi GroupFlagship Pioneering+1 more

Catalyst (now part of Totango) provides customer growth solutions for customer success and sales teams to drive revenue growth.

SaaS

Co-investorsAccelBlink ImpactGeneral CatalystSpeedinvest

Co-investorsCeniarthElea Foundation for Ethics in GlobalizationBeyond Capital

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a philanthropic organization that funds research, programs, and initiatives addressing global health, development, and education challenges, particularly affecting low-income populations in developing countries.

AgTechEdTechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSeattle, US

Bill GatesMelinda French Gatesin

Hamara Grid develops and operates solar mini-grids in rural areas of India, serving underserved communities with renewable energy access and productive use of energy services.

CleantechEnergyImpact & Social GoodIoTKolkata, IN

Vijay(Managing Director)Sudeshna(Operations Director)Tiakala Ao(Director)

BoardRebecca Symington(Director)

Havenhill Synergy Limited is a clean-tech utility company that generates electricity using solar energy for urban and rural areas across Africa, supporting the continent's infrastructure development.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Inficold designs and manufactures refrigeration and cold-chain systems that pair energy-efficient cooling with thermal energy storage and solar integration for temperature-sensitive products.

AgTechCleantechEnergy

Co-investorsRajasthan Venture Capital Fund

Intellecap is the advisory arm of the Aavishkaar Group, providing business consulting and investment banking services to support underserved markets across Asia and Africa.

AgTechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechImpact & Social GoodNot explicitly stated, IN

Vineet Chandra Rai(Founder and Vice Chairman Aavishkaar Group)

Jaza operates a decentralized solar-powered energy network across Sub-Saharan Africa, recharging batteries at local systems to power homes and businesses in off-grid communities.

CleantechEnergyImpact & Social Good

Sebastian Manchester(Founder)in

Co-investorsCeniarthEast Valley VenturesValhalla VenturesNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation

M-KOPA offers smartphones through a deposit-and-installment payment model that lets customers build a credit history and unlock digital loans, health cover, device protection, and data bundles.

ConsumerEnergyFintechImpact & Social GoodKilimani, Nairobi, KE

Jesse Moore(Executive Officer, Director)inNicholas Hughes(Executive Officer, Director)Chad Larson(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardArun Gore(Director)Oliver Karius(Director)Colin le Duc(Director)

Co-investorsAHL Venture PartnersAutodesk FoundationBlue Haven InitiativeBroadscaleLauder PartnersSBI Ven Capital+3 more

MAX is a mobility fintech platform that provides financial services, vehicle ownership solutions, and support services to informal transport operators across Africa.

B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationLagos, NG

Co-investorsAlitheia CapitalBreakthrough Energy VenturesGoodwell InvestmentsOlive Tree CapitalWaarde CapitalNovastar Ventures

Mufin Green Finance provides green financing solutions for electric vehicles in India, positioning itself as a pioneer in climate-focused lending within the EV ecosystem.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyFintechImpact & Social Good

Nithio provides a risk analytics engine and AI models that assess household-level credit risk, structure financing, and monitor portfolio and impact performance for climate solutions.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyFintechImpact & Social GoodWashington, US

Hela Cheikhrouhou(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBobby J. Pittman(Director)inQueen Nworisara-Quinn(Director)

Co-investorsKupanda CapitalElevar EquityEmerson Collective Investing

OmniHub is a distribution management platform for product distributors in Africa that connects them with retailers through a unified ordering and visibility system.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSJohannesburg, ZA

Co-investorsGoodwell InvestmentsVentures PlatformAlitheia CapitalAruwa CapitalNorfund

Altech is a distributor of solar lamps in the Democratic Republic of Congo that provides off-grid energy access to households and institutions.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyImpact & Social GoodDemocratic Republic of Congo, CH

responsAbility is an impact investment firm that sources, structures, and manages investments in emerging markets across three themes: financial inclusion for micro and small enterprises, climate finance for net-zero pathways, and sustainable food systems.

Climate TechFintechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsAHL Venture Partners

Co-investorsADB Ventures

Sav Circuit manufactures solar-powered cold chain equipment for smallholder farmers in Africa, offering hybrid milk chillers and related cooling products to help preserve perishable goods and improve agricultural value chains.

AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechImpact & Social GoodLogistics & Supply Chain

SIMA is an impact investment fund manager that creates and manages funds bringing together institutional, impact, and development finance investors to back double-bottom-line businesses in renewable energy, affordable housing, and financial inclusion.

EnergyFintechImpact & Social Good

Asad Mahmood(CEO)

Sistema.bio manufactures prefabricated, modular tubular biodigesters that convert animal dung into biogas for small and medium-sized farms.

AgTechCleantechClimate TechEnergyMexico City

Alexander Eaton(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inCamilo Pagés(Founder)in

BoardThibault Couturier(Director)Liesbet Mijlemans(Director)inMarcus Watson(Director)inJoyce Cacho(Director)

Co-investorsDila CapitalFactor[e] VenturesNovastar Ventures

NAVEX operates EthicsPoint, an anonymous and confidential reporting hotline that lets employees and others raise concerns about unethical or illegal activities to an organization's management or board.

Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS

SunCulture provides off-grid solar-powered irrigation pump systems that give smallholder farmers access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, sold with a pay-as-you-grow installment option.

AgTechCleantechEnergyNairobi, KE

Co-investorsE3 CapitalEquatorPrivate Infrastructure Development Group

Fights extreme poverty in India by investing in businesses creating dignified jobs.

Co-investorsAutodesk Foundation

Zypp Electric is an India-based EV rental platform that rents electric scooters and loaders to gig-economy delivery workers, providing IoT-enabled vehicles, battery-swapping infrastructure, and 24/7 support.

CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsChakra Growth FundDholakia VenturesLVX VenturesRiso CapitalSprint VcSupermorpheus+5 more